Hispano-Moorish (Manises) lustre-glazed earthenware armorial - Lot 8

Hispano-Moorish (Manises) lustre-glazed earthenware armorial basin from the early 16th century Label for 108 / Bureau Blay / HISPANO and H Decorated with copper lustre, in the center the coat of arms of Aragon and Sicily in a large radiating medallion in the shape of a flower, each petal with interspersed decorations of "circulos en reserva con radios", "encaje" and "solfa", the fall and wing molded with spiral gadroons with the same decorations, the reverse decorated with registers of fern leaves or "hojas de helecho", pierced with two holes, chip restored on the rim with crack, small chips, chips, wear and tear D. 38.5 cm. Provenance: Former Henri Blay collection (1861-1920). For a large late 15th-century dish with lustre decoration and the same coat-of-arms in the center, in the collections of the Musée national de Cluny, see Robert Montagut, El "reflejo" de Manises, Barcelona, 1996, p.63.